Urban agriculture contributes to local economic development, poverty alleviation, the social inclusion of the urban poor and women, as well as to the greening of the city and the productive reuse of ...

Mainly due to population pressure there is plenty of land fragmentation going on in Uganda. People struggle ... hard to produce enough food by just farming on the small plots they occupy.

Why aren't they being converted to cultivate crops? The potential seems enormous, but "urban farming" is still in its infancy. EURACTIV Germany reports. Salad from the roof of the supermarket or ...

The world’s second largest refugee camp is slowly but surely transforming into a permanent city. In Uganda’s Bidibidi refugee camp, markets become lively meeting places after dark. Kennedy ...

During the visit, the farmers got knowledge in organising similar trainings in Uganda because this is key to improving the agriculture extension services. On the same day, Monday, the farmers ...

In India, urban farming has seen some traction across states, but rapid development and the need to make urban agriculture viable mean the contours of official policy on it must be shaped. Some 60 per ...

The Urban Agriculture Certificate provides students with an in-depth instruction for urban crop production from farm design through harvest techniques. This 100% online program provides students the ...

Bamboo farming is on the rise in Uganda, where the hardy and fast-growing crop is seen by the government as having real growth potential. Local authorities say it can be burned for fuel in rural ...

Urban Agriculture is just as it sounds—the practice of raising food in urban or suburban areas, alongside the hustle and bustle of city life. Urban agriculture can be many things-- a schoolyard ...

Today, urban agriculture is revitalizing this connection between city dwellers and agricultural products. The Urban Farming Office in Ho Chih Minh City, Vietnam, seeks to return green space to the ...

To ensure that goat manure is well-composted, mainly when it is used for edible crops, use well-composted goat manure. Crops ...

Later locals Ethan and Aicha are going to be helping me plant some vegetables and learning a lot me about farming. But first, let’s zoom out. We’re in Manchester, which is an urban environment.